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Nelumbium sp. [Nelumbo sp.] Lotus. Peiping, China. View from under the trees from the east shore across a wonderful display of lotus flowers to the viewing gallery and the hill capped with the Winter Palace and White Dagoba. Photograph #45463.

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Unknown. “Nelumbium sp. [Nelumbo sp.] Lotus. Peiping, China. View from under the trees from the east shore across a wonderful display of lotus flowers to the viewing gallery and the hill capped with the Winter Palace and White Dagoba. Photograph #45463..” Special Collections, USDA National Agricultural Library. Accessed February 19, 2026, https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/items/show/360.